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This is my killer-car.
The car received a few extra days of interrogation by the police. I am not sure what the car betrayed under torture. Anyway I am glad it has been returned to me—not without conditions. The car cannot be sold, repaint or modified until the authorities formally drop the case. This could [...]

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I accompanied a group of residents from Kampung Simpang Batu to DBKL this morning (12 March). It’s another case of land struggle. Kampong was founded prior to Merdeka. Now DBKL claimed the ownership of the land and planned to build houses for its employees.
Last week, they received a notice of eviction. They were offered [...]

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I was totally surprised that the police held me in detention on the charge of murder attempt (on who?). In fact, I was totally unaware of my charge even when I was in the lock-up. The policemen who arrested me told me nothing and I assumed it was just the usual illegal assembly charge.
The last [...]

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My arrest and subsequent detention was a premeditated frame-up by the authorities and government-controlled media to vilify me.
All along I have maintained a consistent stand of peaceful resistance. Under many circumstances including when facing undue violence, I had never lifted my hand to inflict harm against others. This has long been acknowledged by both friends [...]

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I was released at about 20:00hr on Friday (8 March). It was something came as a surprise to me. In the morning, the police dragged me to the Ampang Jaya magistrate court and applied for two extra days detention to allow further investigation.
Our team of defense lawyers—Amir, Nik and Lateefah argued their best against the [...]

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